London,
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February
2016
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EE to offer LG G5 with WiFi and 4G Calling on the UK's biggest and fastest network

EE, the UK's most advanced digital communications company, today confirmed LG’s new flagship smartphone, the LG G5, will be available with WiFi Calling and 4G Calling on EE’s superfast 4GEE network.

When matched with the UK’s biggest and fastest 4G network, LG G5 users will be able to access EE’s 4G+ network, offering download speeds of up to 150 Mbps for the ultimate in connectivity and performance. Handsets purchased from the EE online shop, EE telesales and EE retail stores will also be able to support WiFi Calling allowing customers to make calls and send texts in more places across the UK. The LG G5 will also as be provisioned with 4G Calling (VoLTE) later this year, so users can stay on superfast 4G when making calls.

The successor to the widely praised LG G4, the new LG G5’s modular design provides consumers with an evolutionary smartphone experience. With a sleek metal aluminium, uni-body construction, the unique LG G5 is the company’s most visually striking smartphone to date. EE will offer the new handset, available in a range of colours, to business and consumer customers.

The new flagship boasts a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, a 5.3-inch Quad HD IPS Quantum display, and dual cameras on the rear: a standard angle 16MP lens, and a 135-degree wide angle lens, the widest available on any smartphone. The new modular design will also come with its own ecosystem of companion products that bring the pleasure of playing with technology back to everyday life. The range of companion products coming to EE will be announced in due course.

Consumers will be able to pre-order the LG G5 from EE with an exclusive pre-order offer to be announced nearer the time.

Sharon Meadows, Director of Devices, EE, comments: “Every year LG uses its flagship smartphone launches to introduce a host of innovative features and functionality, and this year is no different. To get the very best out of the new handset’s features, users really do need to couple it with the biggest and fastest UK network offering speeds up to 150 Mbps and WiFi Calling built in.”

For further information on the LG, including full details of EE’s price plans when available, consumer and business customers can register their interest at www.ee.co.uk/comingsoon

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About EE

EE, part of the BT Group, is the largest and most advanced mobile communications company in Britain, delivering mobile and fixed communications services to consumers and businesses. EE has approximately 14,000 employees and 550 retail stores, and serves more than 31 million connections across its mobile, fixed and wholesale networks.

EE runs the UK's biggest and fastest mobile network, it pioneered the UK's first superfast 4G mobile service in October 2012 and is the first European operator to surpass 14million 4G customers. EE's 4G coverage today reaches more than 95% of the UK population, with double speed 4G reaching 80%. EE’s 2G coverage reaches 99% of the population while 3G reaches 98%.

In the last few years, EE has received extensive independent recognition, including being ranked the UK's best overall network by RootMetrics®; Best Network at the 2014 and 2015 Mobile News Awards; Best Network for Business and Best Consumer Network at the 2014 & 2015 Mobile Industry Awards; Best Network at the 2014 & 2015 Mobile Choice Consumer Awards, and Best Network at the What Mobile Awards 2014; Fastest Network at the 2014 and 2016 uSwitch Mobile Awards; Best Mobile Network at the 2014 Recombu Awards, and Winners of Best Connected Gadget at the Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2015.

 

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